Environmentally adaptive olfactory generation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9691214-B2
Application number	US-201514930713-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2015
Priority date	Nov 3, 2015
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

Embodiments include environmentally adaptive olfactory generation systems and methods and computer program products for operating the same. Aspects include receiving a desired concentration of an olfactory stimulant, receiving a detected concentration of the olfactory stimulant from an olfactory stimulant sensor, and receiving one or more environmental factors from an environmental sensor. Aspects also include comparing the detected concentration of the olfactory stimulant with the desired concentration of the olfactory stimulant and adjusting a dispensing characteristic of an olfactory stimulant emitter based on the comparison and the one or more environmental factors.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for environmentally adaptive olfactory generation, the method comprising:
receiving a desired concentration of an olfactory stimulant;
receiving a detected concentration of the olfactory stimulant from an olfactory stimulant sensor;
receiving one or more environmental factors from an environmental sensor, wherein the one or more environmental factors include a distance between the olfactory stimulant emitter and the olfactory stimulant sensor;
comparing, by a processor, the detected concentration of the olfactory stimulant with the desired concentration of the olfactory stimulant;
adjusting a dispensing characteristic of an olfactory stimulant emitter based on the comparison and the one or more environmental factors, wherein the dispensing characteristic includes an orientation of the olfactory stimulant emitter; and
creating, by the processor, a mapping of the detected concentration of the olfactory stimulant received from a plurality of olfactory stimulant sensors based on the distance from each of the plurality of olfactory stimulant sensors and the olfactory stimulant emitter and the dispensing characteristic.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more environmental factors include one or more of humidity, an air flow, and a location of the olfactory stimulant sensor.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising creating, by the processor, a mapping of the detected concentration of the olfactory stimulant received from a plurality of olfactory stimulant sensors based on the one or more environmental factors and the dispensing characteristic.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the dispensing characteristic includes one or more of a concentration of the olfactory stimulant that is dispensed, an amount of the olfactory stimulant that is dispensed, and a rate that the olfactory stimulant is dispensed.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the desired concentration of the olfactory stimulant is calculated by adjusting a content provider olfactory concentration level based on a stored user profile created by a user.

6. A computer program product for environmentally adaptive olfactory generation, the computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
receiving a desired concentration of an olfactory stimulant;
receiving a detected concentration of the olfactory stimulant from an olfactory stimulant sensor, wherein the one or more environmental factors include a distance between the olfactory stimulant emitter and the olfactory stimulant sensor;
receiving one or more environmental factors from an environmental sensor;
comparing the detected concentration of the olfactory stimulant with the desired concentration of the olfactory stimulant;
adjusting a dispensing characteristic of an olfactory stimulant emitter based on the comparison and the one or more environmental factors, wherein the dispensing characteristic includes an orientation of the olfactory stimulant emitter; and
creating, by the processor, a mapping of the detected concentration of the olfactory stimulant received from a plurality of olfactory stimulant sensors based on the distance from each of the plurality of olfactory stimulant sensors and the olfactory stimulant emitter and the dispensing characteristic.

7. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the one or more environmental factors include one or more of humidity, an air flow, and a location of the olfactory stimulant sensor.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises creating a mapping of the detected concentration of the olfactory stimulant received from a plurality of olfactory stimulant sensors based on the one or more environmental factors and the dispensing characteristic.

9. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the dispensing characteristic includes one or more of a concentration of the olfactory stimulant that is dispensed, an amount of the olfactory stimulant that is dispensed and a rate that the olfactory stimulant is dispensed.

10. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the desired concentration of the olfactory stimulant is calculated by adjusting a content provider olfactory concentration level based on a stored user profile created by a user.

11. An environmentally adaptive olfactory generation system comprising:
an olfactory stimulant sensor configured to detect an actual concentration of an olfactory stimulant;
an olfactory stimulant emitter configured to emit an olfactory stimulant;
an environmental sensor configured to detect one or more environmental factors, wherein the one or more environmental factors include a distance between the olfactory stimulant emitter and the olfactory stimulant sensor;
a processing system in communication with the olfactory stimulant sensor, the environmental sensor and the olfactory stimulant emitter, the processing system configured to:
compare the actual concentration of the olfactory stimulant with a desired concentration of the olfactory stimulant;
adjust a dispensing characteristic of the olfactory stimulant emitter based on the comparison and the one or more environmental factors, wherein the dispensing characteristic includes an orientation of the olfactory stimulant emitter; and
create a mapping of the detected concentration of the olfactory stimulant received from a plurality of olfactory stimulant sensors based on the distance from each of the plurality of olfactory stimulant sensors and the olfactory stimulant emitter and the dispensing characteristic.

12. The environmentally adaptive olfactory generation system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more environmental factors include one or more of humidity, an air flow, and a location of the olfactory stimulant sensor.

13. The environmentally adaptive olfactory generation system of claim 11 , wherein the dispensing characteristic includes one or more of a concentration of the olfactory stimulant that is dispensed, an amount of the olfactory stimulant that is dispensed and a rate that the olfactory stimulant is dispensed.

14. The environmentally adaptive olfactory generation system of claim 11 , wherein the desired concentration of the olfactory stimulant is calculated by adjusting a content provider olfactory concentration level based on a stored user profile created by a user.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Chan Yuk L
• Essenmacher Michael D
• Lection David B
• Masselle Eric L

Classifications

• A61L9/00 Primary

  Disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air (body deodorants A61Q15/00; purifying air by respirators A62B, A62D9/00; separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours B01D45/00 - B01D51/00, B03C3/00; chemical or biological purification of waste gases B01D53/34; production of ozone C01B13/10; air-conditioning systems incorporating sterilisation F24F3/16, F24F8/20) · CPC title

• A61L9/14

  using sprayed or atomised substances {including air-liquid contact processes} · CPC title

• A61L2209/11

  Apparatus for controlling air treatment · CPC title

• G07F17/0014 Primary

  for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00 (meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity G07F15/00) · CPC title

• A61L2209/111

  Sensor means, e.g. motion, brightness, scent, contaminant sensors · CPC title